WBBM Newsradio 50th Anniversary

The Guaranteed Rate Foundation was established with one simple objective in mind: impact the lives of our employees, our partners and their families and communities in times of need, in meaningful and positive ways.

Brigham, a Chicago business man by day, decided he wanted to give back and help children who were facing uncertain futures because of an illness. So he created a charity called The Superheroes Collective and bought a Batman suit.

In 1997, Gloria Randolph began Giving God the Glory Ministries after losing two sons and a grandson. Her home serves as the backdrop for bereavement sessions. She also holds support circles through her church. Over the years, she's helped hundreds find hope and healing.

Dishes, clothing - whatever anybody donates, they sort it and sell it at a WINGS Resale shop. The money helps fund WINGS ' two emergency shelters, three longer-term houses, and more than 20 apartment units for women who are victims of domestic violence and their children.

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Harriet Levy makes the rounds inside the Center for Enriched Living in Riverwoods, a 20,000 square foot facility tucked away off of Saunders Road. "The Center for Enriched Living was founded in 1968, born out of a need for serving the social needs of children with...

Since 2016, Heather Owen and other Chicagoland Rescue Intervention and Support Program volunteers have stationed themselves Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays outside of the city of Chicago Animal Care and Control facility at 2741 S. Western Ave., hoping to intercept pets about to be given...

It looks like a farmer’s market, and it is, but at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center in West Town, it’s called a “health market.” Spokesman Jim O’Connell said it “kind of shows the ‘food as medicine’ model will work.”

Friends of the Fox River is a non-for-profit organization that keeps a watchful eye on the river's water quality, but also educates kids and adults on the importance of protecting and preserving the river.

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- "Every organization, we believe, has humble beginnings." And for the four founders of New Trier High School's Binary Heart Computer Rebuilding Club, it was the realization with their first supposedly broken computer that computer-savvy and computer repair are not always...